The McLuhanesque McLuhan, Esq. THOMAS CAHILL, Cahill was for 12 years publisher/editor of the Cahill & Co. Reader's Catalogue. He has recently begun a new book review and catalogue called "The Bookperson." and Marshall McLuhan

Sneak Previews of Forthcoming Books : Escape From Hollywood MARLYS J. HARRIS, Excerpted from "The Zanucks of Hollywood: The Dark Legacy of an American Dynasty," by Marlys J. Harris, to be published in July by Crown Publishers, Inc. Darryl F. Zanuck was vice president in charge of production at 20th Century-Fox from 1935 to 1952. He died in 1979 .

Finish Off the Cold War: Stop Covert Actions Arthur Macy Cox, Arthur Macy Cox is secretary of the American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Relations, a bipartisan, public -policy organization. He was formerly a diplomat and a CIA official

Challenging the Myths of Germany's Third Reich Johannes Steinhoff and Peter Pechel and Dennis Showalter, Gen. Johannes Steinhoff was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot who became chief of staff after the war; Peter Pechel was a German army captain during the war, later a TV correspondent in London and Washington; Dennis Showalter is professor of history at Colorado College.

Predicting the Course of the Dollar A. Gary Shilling, A. GARY SHILLING is a New York-based economic consultant and author of "After the Crash: Recession or Depression?", published by Lakeview Economic Services